Car construction



Sept. 20, 1932, T IN 1,878,062

CAR CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 11. 1929 VEN To/e- MAM/5TH J. 755w K. J. TOBIN CAR CONSTRUCTION Sept. 20, 1932.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 11, 1929 fi d Patented Sept. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT F C 1 KENNETH .If ToBIN, I or CHICAGO, ItLINoIs, ASSIGNOR TO, GAMEL coMrANY. on

CHICAGO, ILLINo sn CORPORATION or ILLINOIS e113 CONSTRUCTION Application med December 11, 1929. seam... 413,320.

The invention'relates to car construction and more particularlyto the construction of car ends. The invention has for an object the construction ofa car endwhereby said construction presents substantially qualities of uniform strength. 1 I a It is a further object of this-invention to provide bracket means for car ends, said bracket means being adapted'to intimately-tie theend framing structure to the V underframe of railway house cars.

It is also an ob ect of this invention to utilize bracket means which bracket means providesa connection between the car under-. frame and end frame, and which aflords means for hinging'end doors to the end frame.

Other objects and advantages' of-the present invention will become more apparentas the description thereof proceeds, taken in connection with the drawings forming apart thereof, and in which construction.

Figure 2 is a view of Figure 3 from the left thereof. A 1 Figure3 is an enlarged detail view of the struction. An end plate 12 provided, the ends 13 of which are curved downwardly.

Corner posts 1 1 -14: are shown extending from saiddownwardly'curv'ed portions of the end plate to and overlapping the side sill 16 to which it is secured, as hereinafter set forth.

It is noted that the-end plate 12, in conjunc tion with the corner posts 1414 and an end sill l5, constitute in efiect a frame-work for the car end. In order to close this frame- Work and provide a substantially solid end construction, a pair of doors 1718 are shown. These doors comprise panels 19 and 20,1said panels being preferably corrugated as shown. A door frame 21, formed of an Figure 1 is an elevational view of a car end 66, respectively, of Fig.

inverted U shaped member preferably 2- shaped in section, is provided. The door frame is attached to the corner posts 14-14 and is also secured to the end plate 12. Itis; noted that the door frame has a curvedportion extending between the horizontalqand vertical parts thereof, which curvedpor'tion follows the'contour of the curved ends'of the end plate12. Hinges 22 are employed for mounting thejdoor ends on the end 'frame. In order to lock the doors which overlap at their adjacent margins with the doors in such closed position, a swinging locking bar 23, coacting with upper and lower keepers 25 and 26 mounted above and below the doors, isfutilized. This locking bar is pivotally mounted as shown at 2i on the overlapping door.

Stops 2'1 and 28 are employed for limiting The end plate 12, corner post 14,and' the inverted 'U-shaped door frame member, to-.

gether with the gradually curved parts of the end plate and door frame, constitute a 'sub. stantially' rigid and strong construction for thejupper portion of 'the car end. 'Heretofore, however, the construction at the lower ends of the corner posts, where ,said posts are attached to the underframe of the car, has provided a comparatively weak condition, which condition the present improvements are designed to overcome. Thereis emor otherwise rigidly attached as shown at 32' and 33 t0 the end sill '15 and the threshold I member 34, a portion of which overlies the vertical leg of the end sill, said end sill being illustrated in, figure 2 as an angle member.

The brackets are offset at 35 (Figuresfiand 4) I inorder to receive the overlapping'part of the threshold plate. The bracketsare also rigion idly secured to the corner posts 14 and end frame member 21 by means of rivets 36 and 37. The brackets are also formed with a verticalportion 38 offset as shown in Figure 5 of the drawings, between which offset and its adjacent corner post a portion of the door frame member is adapted to be received. The brackets 31 are also preferably formed with abutment members 39. p s

By'employment of these brackets it is apparent that the frame members 14, 15 and 21 are all rigidly tied together so as to present a strong construction at the lower portion of the end frame. this construction, additional brackets 40 may be secured to the end sill, side sill and corner posts. As shown in Figure 6 of the drawings, the bracket 40 is secured to the end sill 15 by means of rivets 32, whichpass through the bracket member 31 to secure said bracket in position. Rivets 41 connect the brackets 40 to the side sill 16 and corner posts 14. The connection between the inner bracket member 40, the side sill l6 and the end sill 15, is also effected by means of rivets 42, said rivets passing through the flange 43 of the channel shaped side sill 16. v g

'To utilize the developed strength at the lower corners of the endframe construction and to relieve the corner posts of part of the strain produced in them bythe end doors hinged thereto, the brackets 31 are provided, preferably integral therewith, with hinge butts 44. These hinge butts carry knuckles 45 which are spaced vertically relative to each other. Aligned openings 46 are provided in said knuckles. Corresponding knuckles are formed on the hinge straps 47 secured to the doors 17 and'18.- The knuckles on the hinge straps have aligned vertical Openings which are adapted when the door is hung, to align with the openings 46 formed in the knuckles on the hinge butt 44. :The hinge pin 48 is adapted to pass'through said aligned openings whereby a hinge similar to the hinges 22 is provided. 'Extending through the knuckles 45 are openings 49 through which the rivets 37 are adapted to extend in order to secure the hinge butt to the door frame and corner posts. Ribs 50 are shown utilized for the purpose of strengthening the hinge butts 44. r r

Y 1 t is believed to be apparent fromjthe foregoing construction that the strain on the hinge butt will be carried in large measure by means of the brackets 31 directly to the rigid end and side sill members'with a consequent reduction in the strain on the corner posts. Moreover, the construction of the hinge butt and bracket provides for automatic proper disposal'of the door in. its

frame. It also appears, from the foregoing description, that weaving at the lower corners of the car end construction issubstantially obviated.

As a further means to secure and corner posts, an end sill and-combinedbracket and hinge butt means connecting the lower ends of said corner posts and framing member to said end sill.

v 3. End construction for house cars, in combination, an end plate, an end sill, corner posts secured tosaid end plate" 'and'e'ndfsill, a framing member contiguous with said end plate and corner posts and secured thereto,

and combined bracket and hinge butt mem-, bers securing the end sill to the framing member and corner posts, said members being off set and said'framing member having a' portion thereof positioned between'said offset and said corner;posts. i

4. In an end frame for house cars,.in combination, corner posts, an end sill, brackets comprising substantially angularly shaped castings secured to said'corner posts and end sill, a portion of said brackets constituting hinge butts, panels positioned in said frame and hinge straps carried by said panels: and adapted to be vconnectedwith said hinge butts in hinged relationship. V v

'5. End construction for house cars, incom bination, an end plate, an end sill, a side sill,

corner posts secured to: said end plate, outer" brackets secured to said corner posts and said end sill, inner brackets, said side sill being positionedbetween said corner posts and said inner brackets, said end sill being positioned between said inner and outer, brackets and means connecting said parts together. i

6. Car construction, in combination, a frame, said frame comprising horizontal and vertical members, a bracket connecting said members and secured thereto, said bracket be ing provided with a hinge butt.

7. Car construction, 7 in combination, a frame, said frame comprising horizontal and vertical members, a bracket:connectingsaid' members and secured thereto, said bracket being provided with a hinge butt, said butt being integral with said bracket.

8. Car construction, in vcombination, a frame, said frame comprising horizontal and vertical members, a bracket connecting "said members and secured thereto, said bracket'being provided with a hinge butt, said bracket and hinge butt comprising an integral cast- 9. Bracket means comprising. aconnecting portion, said portion being provided with'an extension substantially at right angles to said connecting portion, said extension carrying spaced hinge knuckles and alignedopenings in said knuckles, adjacent portions of said connecting portion and extension being offset and said knuckles being carried by the 011'- set portion on said extension. I

10. Bracket means comprising a casting,

said casting having a member integral there- With and extending beyond a marginal por tion thereof, spaced bosses integral With said member and projecting outwardly therefrom, and aligned openings extending through said bosses whereby said member and bosses comprise a hinge butt integral With said casting. Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 5th day of December, 1929.

KENNETH J. TOBIN. 

